ABC argues that early license review by FCC is ‘retaliation’ for network’s coverage

In filing, network’s lawyers urged FCC to reject petitions to deny license renewals for eight ABC-owned local stationsUS politics live – latest updatesABC has pushed back aggressively against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for putting the network under an expedited license renewal process for eight local television stations it owns, charging in a lengthy filing that the process is payback for the network’s editorial decision-making and coverage of Donald Trump.“The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: Accommodate the administration’s view of what news coverage should look like or pay the price,” lawyers representing the Disney-owned network wrote in a 109-page filing, submitted as a reply to petitions from conservative media groups to deny